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would T » needed , in comparison to the number ji present In occupation . Again the great command iB , *_ 3 iou shalt labour / said wonld l » t e ^ en ihe capitalist be l > enefitted by -bodily exertion , knowing thai it is essential to heahh ? Bot without pre _ ang _ his subject any farther , "we would again urge upon on artizans Zhe importance , of Ep&de hnsbandry , as "we can produce abundant facte , tnat ' rffhenera- persevering individuals and enienmsng communities have had a fair trial ef the "principle ^ it has been crowned "with success . There ar ^ individuals in several ^ fihe ^ hipjffieid Trades , who are partly employed on the land , un > theis _ e _ xhs OP SX ________ JSS- hhtkii __ I __ S THOSE "WHOSE SOLS
UKPE 5 DAKCE is OS * t * ti 7 . « . _ ulboex . Ail instance of this kind presents itself amdug the razor jjiinders ; a portion of the members ofthw trade work in the . country , and ( with some exceptions ) they are partly enployed in agricultural pursuits . The consequence 5 b , ihey live better—are longer lived—and , in the comforts of life 5 are Enperior to the Sheffield grinder , w&o&asjjoiMng-else but Ms arfean labour to depend Hponfarslirairhood . ^ JPelloir Wirrlaaen— "We irould likewise submit io your attention , ihe propriety of giving assistance to any trade that joins job * jranks . whenever ihe sail trade feels" 5 t . anHsteni with their Interest or jJuty to try to amend their condition . This might be easily done by a small trifle paid by each member ,
eomprMng a general union of trades . For let-us suppose there are ten thousand workmen in thfi-rariops trades _ -f ShtfSelcij and t __ esB "workmen members of one general noion . A penny 1 rom each member would amount to £ 41 133 ., and if this -was continued weekly , for the ^ pace of six months , would amount to £ 1 , 083 6 i . Row let the same be added " to the jnoral force that Euchsnuaien would be capable of winding , and we will Tentnre to predict with nserring certainty that a better state = of things would soon be the resnlk : ^ Ws would jnst point out an example of union and unanimity in ihe _ nosi pojfbx& 1 body of dissenters in this country—we mean the Metho-«_ tsts ,-F . bo _ , t their commencement were a despised * nd persecuted body ; but can sow assume Euch an attitude jas to -command respect from this or any other government i and jet "they owe no small Ehare of their importance to penny-a-week subscriptions . " Fellow Workmen ^—In thus diEmissingthe above ,
we think we hare stated sufficient to show yon , S » $ ij would "be . greatly to yonr inleresi io come forward and join ns . "We haveihe heartfelt eatisfatfion in telling jon thai we " have already a great jnajority of themost -influential trades with us , and ihere are several others that axe nearly ready to -declare their tdheaon . "We trust that in a short time all the trade 3 will form one compact union , as their interests more or less depend on each other . In conclusion , _ jfb say we have ^ performed no more than onr dn _ y _ Our respective trades nab _ rallj ¦ wis h for a developement of-our views , in wanting an Mgswzation © F all tbe trades ; If they approve of the sentiments contained in this address , it will certainly impel ns to go on as we hare begun . If ihey disapprove of them , we shall still enjoy the coBScions satisfaction of having serred them to the best of onr ability . " We are , Fellow Workmen , with the i « st wishes for your welfare , " Tsm D _ ieg ___ CommxEK op ths * Associated Teatjes .
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* EHE CGLLEEBS , THE STRIKE , AND THE "IITTLE-SHILLING '' MEN . ¥ s find the injurious effects of an * ' Extension of Trade" . leveloping themselvesmore prominently day after day , as ihe straggle between capitalists and ihear alares progresses . Not only was the supply too great for the . existing demand , but . it was further augmented by the facilities which an artificial Paper Currency afforded the speculators of dabblisgin the labour market j and as charms are balm to the soul * nd captivating to ihe mind , ws find the old Paper Currency advocates proposing an extension of ibis latter evil , as a means of correcting ihe calamity to «_ iieh , in a more mitigated form , it has led .
The cry has been raised that "as Ireland has her CCgsseii , and Wales her Rebecca , why should not JSngland . have her AttwoobI" The answer is , England has her Attwood , and is ready to beesyriTii her Attwood in that position from which his own timidity hurled him ; but the qualification must % & ~ not Us adcocacgofa rsiurn to One Pound Notes , or the * little Shilling , ' but his return to those pmciples-which he and Mb party most shamefully abandoned .
A disordered multitude will never lack leaders professing an entire sympathy with ihe sufferers ; while experience -must have taught the working classes , that tiose drcumstance-made-generala , have Invariably attempted to use the soldiers for the attainment of their own peculiar © bjeets . The colliers , appear to us to nave gained experience in the school if adveraky . They are daily learning the state of cnopposable dependency to "which they have been brought ; and Is each siccessive failure that dependency is" more widely imprinted on their minds . They nave discovered that they are mere machinery
nsed by capitalists , who are directed in their Bpecnlations by thB amount of confidence with which they can inspire ihe managers of joint-stock paper ; and , in the grievance they recognize the working of the system by which they are disinherited from any jarticipation of the making of those laws , and in fbe framing of those rales and regulations , by which their aSairs are governed : and , therefore , instead of skimaingihs scum from ihe surface uilh a One Pmmd J ^ oie , iheylookforpolxtical egualityas a means of cleanang the flth from the bottom . NotMng could inspire us with greater confidence , or fill us with laore joy . than ihe discretion by which tbelr
jbotomente have been hitherto marked . The press , how * ever , is already beginuiag to associate Chartism with the ** Strikef and it beeomes our bounden duty to guard our clients against the admission of the Charostseum Mo the " wages " -welL In the Morning Advertiser , now lying before us , we find that " ameenng of oolliera was addrKBed by Mr . Thohjsos , a Chartist . 77 When ^ £ & Swrge party attempted , under the guidance of the League , to enlist ihe Colliers of Staffordshire in support of uFiee Trade" principles , we hesitated not to caution them against the wiles of that party ; and ¦ we shall not now withhold our advice when similar
danger threatens the body . Instead , then , of giving oar -own opinion , as requested by several Correspondents , as to ihe fitness of Mr . Tboxasos to B 31 the office of a Collier Lecturer , we would refer ihe applicants to those localities where Mr . Thoxasos ib tetter know than he is to ns . Let them apply to the Chartist AssociatioB at Nottingham , to their own parry at Newcastle , and to the people of the Yale of Leven ; the localities where the services of Mr . Thoxasoh are best known ; xnd if i . e saceeeds in setting such a character from those places as wOl
prove him to be -worthy of their confidence , by all means let him nave it 5 while , should he fail , he onghtnot to be trusted with any participation in the movement . Lei them also inquire ol the Chartists of Eilsion and Wednesbury , and ask who it is that has been instrumental in causing the People ' s Hall to betaken from them ! Wet feel ourselves called xcpon to administer ibis wholesome caution ; one , from the observance of which Mr . Thoxasoh can receive no injury j one , from the neglect of wiich the Colliers and the Chartist body may receive
irrepaxable damage . We rejoice to find that onr advice as to ike appointment of lecturers has been acted upon ; while we ire no less pleased to learn that the ungenerous attempt in Staffordshire to make ihe Strike a mere local question , las been repudiated by the sound feeling and good sense of the great body of Colliers , eriaced in their resolution of not limiting their sup-Port to those Immediately connected wits their ^*« Sty . This is the irae principle ; and 5 f gener-* Bj . V 4 ed upon , will Jead to an extension of that ^ BPKfcj npon which , together with their own * ? &tts , thBym . nsirely for success . That there is * ° i » opeforthemBOir at iheir own trade-of delving Tto&et flie eani is selfHBvident : and iheiefore ,
Ja ®« £ ofddvmg in its bowels like slaves , let them * « ni-their attention to fte colfiTation of its surface 5 * 6 free men . She labonr to which a collier is Jfinred from infancy particularly fits him for an * jneu 3 turallife 5 it is easy , in comparison , more fasonsaing , ana farmor © remunerating than ihe trade **** 6 UkT ever was , and fw ^ wre so than ever it ""Bi bs again , ^ trcat howeTer as the importance of "&b Landed qnestion is , in onr estimation ; and sur-^^ asg aQ others in importance , as is that of the ^« pVs Charter 5 yet , for the present , would we ^^^ sead those two great questions to bs made of ^^ atarj considerafion untn that of more immediate SCS 5 e S Be see , ihe labercr-dcpendency question , is ssatd by ^ b Colliers -jyitn their masters . The
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earth nas belched np man > uncultivated slaves . Let thosenpon its surface , whohave had better opportunities of instrncting themselves , receive their brothers and embrace them ; and instead of looking npon them as an additional increase to the system-madesurplus-population , let them kok upon them as an augmentation to that force , which , seeing abundance in the Land , will increase the demand fox itsapplication to its legitimate purposes . The colliers are to
be won toithe advocacy of the Land and . Charter question ; itnt they mnst ba wooed and led by gentle courtship , and not driven by declamation . Onr first step should be to save them from their seducers by cautiOB ; our next to win them toourselves by argument . We desire not to rouse an angry ] feeling against their masters ; while we would place them in a condition t o resist their further powers of oppression . In case a speaker should frequently present himself as their instructor , let their '• l eaders
instantly and openly through our columns , or by letter if they prefer it , communicate with the Chartist body in those several localities where the character of such speaker is best known : and until this" preliminary step is first taken , we wonld etrongly Teoommsiid them , to diseonsienanoe and discourage any alliance with strangers to their body . Of all things let them abstain from private letter writing , and secret associations . Amongst
their own order in Staffordshire , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Wales , and Scotland are men of the very highest orderoftalent , and of unimpeachable integrity . We is-onld , therefore , suggest the propriety of their calling a Conyention of their own body , to meet in the most convenient place , not sitting beyond three days ; whose business it should be to decide upon , and lo recommend , some uniform system whereby their operations may be directed .
So mnch for the colliers especially ; widle our advice to colliers and Chartists is , to beware lest what belengs to other circumstances should be saddled upon the back of Chartism ! If the * free traders , " or sectional leaders , should succeed in exciting the angry passions of the starving colliers , let the remonstrance and the language of their Chartist brethren be— ** YOD WEEK CaCGHT BEFORE IK THE SAME T&&P ; and use were charged viih all the consequences qfyour indiscrtlionJ
There is little doubt but the old rump of the Birmingham faction will attempt to foist themselves as leaders of the irritated colliers . We caution them against any alliance with any party who would use them for mere class purposes . : ,
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SlBOSGB COKDDCT OP A PaBSON AND HIS TOCXS , thb Cbubchwabdkns . —Some few weeks ago we published an account of a vestry meeting which had been called at Sullen to lay a Church Rate ; and which , when it teas assembled , teas suddenly adjourned by the parson-chairman on his individual authority . Since then the adjourned meeting has been holden ; indeed two adjourned meetings , as the following account will show : — The chnrchirardens b&Ting given notice that a vestry meeting would be holden on the 13 th of June , 1843 , at ten o'clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of levying a rate of sevenpenee halfpenny in the pound , the ratepayers assembled at the time appointed . The . Minister took toe chair ; and being furnished
-sntb a book ha commenced -writing in it , without any business being brought before the meeting . After some time , be read over the notice calling the meeting , ana then -what be bad -written , the purport of ¦ which was , that the meeting stood adjourned to the 27 th of Jane- On that day the ratepayers again assembled , and in larger numbers than before . The Minister did not make bis appearance ; but one of the churchwardens took the chair , and -without consulting the meeting wrote another adjournment . He was reasoned-with npon the impropriety of such conduct , when he declared tkat it was legal , closed
the book , and bid the ratepayer * to help themselves —he stood reiBOHsiWe . The other chnrcblwardena took the books and went away -with them . ; Accord ing to the last adjournment the ratepayers assembled on Tuesday morning last * at ten o ' clock , in larger numbers still ; but neither Minister nor chnrsh wardens made their appearance . After -waiting some half hour in the church-yard , an individual went dotrn to the Clerks house to see what was up . The Clerk said he tras just coming to the church ; and come he did , bat not so let the ratepupeis into tbel chorea , bat to pat the following notice upon the church door ?
" The legality of the last adjournment having been dispcted , fresh notice -will be given j when ve shall be able to lay before the vestry the business for which it was originally called . ( J 0 H 5 KN 0 TSXE 5 DlWBENEI , ChnrchTraraena . < JOBS BD 1 IERWORTH , \ BE 7 iJAaiH BCBTOH , Sntton , August 1 , 18 * 2 . " Now the tehole of this business is grossly illegal , after the first assembling of the meeting . At a vestry meeting the minister , or parson , can legally assume Vie chair ; but he has no power to adjourn : a meeting ef his own individual will , unless in case a poll is demanded , when , after taking a few votes on the spot , he may adjourn to another time and
place , for ihe convenience of finishing the poll . But even in that case , if he put the question of adjournment to the meeting , the power to adjourn of himself is given up- The conduct \ of this parson , then , in the very first instance , was grossly contrary to law ; and this is , for him , a very unfortunate circumstance , - for tee have no doubt but that he looks upon a great portion of his flock as a very lawjtss rabble , and turns up hisndse—fis it well-d ^ ed ?)—accordingl y : whereas in this business so far , he , the parson , is the only "lawless" ragamuffin in the whole parish . There is an old saying , Wee master Kke \ man ;" and the truth of it was exemplified at the first ** adjourned" meeting . ** The thurchwardpi took
ihe chair . What -were the ratepayers doing to let him ? He hod ne more legal right to' do so than we should have had , had we chanced to have been strolling through the place . The law of vestry meetings is , that in -the absence \ of the parson from the chair , the ratepayers shall appoint some ene to preside . The ratepayers , therefore , in this instance ought to have elected a xhairman , and proceeded to business . If ihe churchwarden had then inUrrupled the harmony of the meeting , and tried lo cause confusion , the chairman should have caused him to be removed out of the place , — to a dunghill if the parlies taking him liked . The ratepayer * having neglected the necessary appointment of a chairman , the churchwarden assumed
it ; and played ( he illegal pr&nk of the parson over again . He , of himself , again adjourned the meeting / Afore fools ihe ratepayers to let him ! They should have laughed at him , atid gone to business . If the officials would not leave the vestry-book with the chairman , for ihe recording of the business transacted , the chairman ] should have taken it from them . Meetings should not be mere play-things in the hands of officials . : Teach them their proper place , whenever they go beyond it . There is no wonder that the churchodTdens felt themselves compelled to give notice that the legality of these adjournments was disputed , and that fresh notice" for a meeting must be \ given . The conduct , all through , of the parson and his
looli was highly illegal . The first adjournment was Ulegal , and no future steps could cure ihe defect . Had the second meeting gone to business , whatever they had done would not have been worth a straw ; and so with the third meeting . This Mr * Parson seems to have found out ; and we have no doubt but that he induced ihe churchwardens to play the bully at the second meeting to get himself out 0 / the scrape . " The legaRty of ihe last adjournment is disputed " , say the churchwardens . The last adjournment was as legal as the first one ; every whit so . But it is convenient sometimes for a law-breaking parson to have a scape-goat to carry off the odium . The ratepayers art , however , to have another meeting . * Fresh notice will be
given . " Let them then assemble . Let them ihcu go to business . If the parson comes to " lake " the chair , well and good . If he should not do so , or if he should again play ths prank of " adjournmenT , and leave the chair , appoint one of the ratepayers to fill U , aitd go to work . Be not ridden over , either by Mr . Parson or his hegueys . Johh Hiciust , MAifCHESTEB , has coUected for Mr . Raillon the sum of 6 s . 10 d \ W . Major , Bebmosdsbt , « informed that Mr . T . Ji . Smart , late of Zoughborough , is now at Shawlane , near Markfield- . Pat-dp . —We are desired to notice , that unless aU persons holding money for the late concerts , held at the dly Df London Institution , J > * ^ « " ** Wo before' ednes
ihe hands of Mr , Wheeler , on or W - day , 9 ih of August , they will be pubUshed as LqSLiS ^^ aMD Raffles .- ^// lottery and raffle announcemen ts are expressly forbidden by statute . The insertion of one in the columns of a newspaper involves a fine of £ 100 This is sufficient explanation to our Newcastle jriends . . Pbess op Wvtrr has caused us to reserve Me communications of Mb- Galpe * , Gbacchds , Mb . Sxollmhteb , and several others , ttS neat week . Mbs . LooitK desires to acknowledge the receipt W £ 2 from Robert Haines , E > q ., of O'endje ; AA from Mr . Wm . Tallow , Manchester ; lOs-frpm the female Chartists of Todmorden ; and 10 s . from the jevials Chartists at Sheepshead .
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Stabs to Irelakd . —The Sheffield Council again press upon the Sheffield Chartists the necessity of sending their Stars to Ireland . A committee is in attendance at the Mg Tree Lane Room every Wednesday evening , to receive and forward all papers they may be favoured with . Let our Sheffield friends see to this ; without any trouble to them the committee will forward the papers ^ and immense goodwill doubtless be the result . The Council beg to acknowledge the receipt , of several copies of the NonhernuS | ar / r « n unknown friend ? , sent as the Coundl : mppose \ to be forwarded t » Ireland . Our Chariisifnendshin any part of the country who Viill favour the Sheffield Council with their Stars , are informed that they will be duly posted to Ireland . Papers may be addressed to Mr . John
Green , shoemaker , Vine Yard . Hartshead , Sheffi eld . * Mx . Jblun Harney would feel obliged to his friends in different parts of the country , if they would favour him imth any local papers they may "take in " , and have no further use for when read . Their politics wilt not matter ; and English , Scotch , Welsh , or Irish papers will be equally acceptable . Mr . H . desires them for purposes connected with ihe furtherance of the democratic cause . Address No . 24 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Hoad , Sheffield . W . B ., Shkfmbuj . —The lines won't do either him or us credit , if published . A Poou Sl&ve to the Coal Minks , Dockinbield , sends for insertion an address to the coal
miners that has already appeared in our pages . We think one insertion ought to suffice . Leicester Democratic Hall of Science . — We are happy to hear that this project is well received by the working people and their friends . We have advice that the society is going on well : that more than one hundred shares are already taken . This is cheering ! Most heartily do we wish that every large town had its Working Man's Hall devoted to the Working Man ' s welfare . D . Cater , Losvoy .-r-All is right . It was our mistake . J . Whiddon , Loi « K > n ,-u 7 » 7 / see in this day ' s Star
where he can send his Stars to for distribution in Ireland . He has only to make them up in a cover open at the ends , and address them to Mr . Green of Sheffield . Of course they will go post free . OtiR Clkrkeitwbja Fmbni > s . —We are sorry for their disappointment , but could not help it . We were compelled to act as we did . We had no alternative . The press of matter upon us last Thursday was so great , that reports from a score of places had to be cut down , theirs amongst the rest . We tried to avoid it in their case , if it had been possible ; but could not find matter to displace for them .
MR . MOIR' AND THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS— Wehave received a long account of a severe , contest in Glasgow for the office of Commissioner ofPolict , just now vacant . The Chartists started that sturdy democrat , James Moir . This stirred the shams ; and they have opposed Moir , with a man who had promised him his vote andsupport ! Trickery the most unblushing has been resorted io . " When they saw Moir a-head , they actually got a number of -perso ? ts tcho had already voted for Moir to , go register their voles for his opponent . At the doss Moir was in a minority of eleven A protest has been handed in , and a scrutiny demanded The result is expected to be the seating of Moir by a majority of fifteen .
Truth ssysr fbabs the Light . —Under this head a correspondent , writes from Bishop Auckland , on July 31 st , as follows : — It is painful to see -what men will sometimes do , an * to bear -what they -will sometimes Bay when under the isnaence of jealousy . We have had an instance of this ! lately in the Bishop Auckland district of the ftliner ' s Association . We bad been almost inclined to follow the advice of Mrs . H . More , and to "let asses kick and puppies bark unnoticed" ; but , lest silent contempt , should be construed into -conscious inability to refute , and thus a breach be made in the Brotherhood , I have thought it best to give a statement of the facts of the case . Some persens have been very industriously engaged in circulating derogatory reports
respecting the worthy secretary of this district , Mr . Wm . Downs , ; to the effect that be has pocketed a considerable sum of money , the property of the society . Now nothing short of deep-sealed malice could have invented such a calumny ; for on last Saturday a delegate meeting was holden at Cockton Hill , to investigate the matter , when not only was the charge found to be falBe , bat his accounts proved to be so admirably kept as to call forth the Admiration of the delegates , and a vote of thanks ¦ was HnanimoasJy awarded him . Let this stop the month of slander , and pnt the members of the society on their guard against giving credit to every story they bear , Bj order of the delegates , James Ballanitne , Delegate . "
Mb . Low Wages Cobden amp tub Agrjcultralists . —Mr . Cobden has lately been making great fuss in soHie of the agricnltral counties , taking advantage of the distress and dissatisfaction produced amongst tVe farmers by Sir Robert Pael ' s Free Trade Tariff ) and persuading the poor innocents that their distress is only to be cured by another and longer dose of the very " medicine" which has produced the general debility and flatulence from which they now suffer . Amongst other places be has visited Hereford j and respecting that visit wo bave received tbe following letter , which gives another specimen of the " manifest "fairness " of tbe " freetrading" ( in lies atd deception ) gentry : — Six , —Perhaps you ¦ will allow me to state that I met
Richard Cobden at Hereford , on the 26 th u \ t , and proposed an amendment to their resolution , in "which I averred that former approaches to free trade had been followed by an invariable redaction in prices , profits , and wages ; it was declaratory df resistance to Corn Law Repeal for those reasons , and concluded by recommendingfthe allotment system . The meeting was to begin at eleven o'clock , bat as the people took little interest in the affair , tbe Leagners did not begin to speak till one p . m ., thus robbing parties of the two hours in which they had a right to reply , by occupying them themselves . Cobden and Thompson were there . Cobden opened , but in a totally different strain of argument to that in which he addresses & tnannfartutlcg audience . For instance , in his reply
to my argument , that machinery displaced labour , be said he employed 600 hands on ten acres of land , to prove his assertion that it did not . How evasive . I told him tbe 4 Jraising ^ gig , ' lewis-machine , " and perpetual , ' bad displaced 170 , 000 hands since 2795 . This b& conld not answer . Over-prodnction , be said , meant that tho people -were too industrious . Pooh ! S&id I ; over-production means that ( ft ; labour and energies of a -portion of the people haw been loo long and too partially employed in manufacturing pursuits . That i > what over-production means , When a smith has shod all tbe horses of his customers , does he keep on hammering red hot iron ? When a butcher has supplied tbe full demand on him for meat , does he keep billing on at his cowa , and Ifct the beef spoil ? No ; these parties turn to
their large garden , or their plot of land ; and precisely go must tho manufacturers do , or starve . We must keep to the laud question . Well , I had twenty minutes good hearing , but when I began to-pair thtir nails too close for their comfort , the ; hatched a conspiracy and got the chairman to ask the meeting If I was not wido of the question ; of course the geese responded to the foxes , and I had to conclude . Cobden then requested the chairman to suspend the resolntien , that be might spegk again . This was to draw my machinery arguments out ef them . He and Tbempsen spoke fifteen minutes each , -without saying one Vfoid to the question . Their resolution was only jast carried ; and thus ended the meeting in which Cobden , in his own words , used deluaiun and deception . Faithfnlly ,
John W . Clarke . £ edbury , 1 st August , 1841 . Mr . J . Peppbb , akd the Friends at Selston . — They surely never could wish us to insert tbe resolutions they bave sent The whole affair is paltry . Surely they could bave managed to settle tbe business , ¦ without bringing it before the body . It is trifling to spend the time that should be devoted to the advancement of tbe principles of right , to manifestations of little local quernlousness . It is time to have done-with this baby play , not only locally , but generally . Jealousy and envy bave done more to split op , oar racks than almost any other cause , tbe strike-plot ezcepted ; and envy is hateful , present itself where it may , whether amongst the local
leaders or amongst those of a higher grade . The rectification , however , rests with tbe people themselves . As long as they nurture the spirit of uncbaritableneas and hard-judging in ytheir own intercourse one -with another , the ranks will never be free from Ihe blight of jealousy . Precaution and -watchfulness are highly neceuary ; but these are not suspicion or ill-wilL A proper bearing one towards another ; a manifestation towards our brother of that confidence and good-feeling which we expect him to entertain for ourselves ; a desire to be just on all occasions , and give every man his due , will soon eventuate in a better aspect of things generally When the several members of the great body of Chartists act in this spirit , they will instantly detect any attempt to work upon their grosser passions ; and the man who endeavours thus to play with then ¦ Will be soon convinced thai , he -nivitit either instantly
desist and confine his exertions to a legitimate sphere of action . o » he ; wUl be quietly given the " go-by . " This spirit , -we are happy to say , i » fast extending . Let it but actuate all , and we may bid defiance to the envious and tbe jealous ; for they will then be powerless for evil Liberation of a " Victim . " — On Saturday , tne a 2 th of Aug ., one of tfee si a ike- flo t victiniBWill be at liberty to breathe the free air of heaven , and receive the congratulations of his friends . We aean poor but honest Dbwhorst of Pawsbury , From a notice amongst the " forthcoming mefctinga ' it .-will be perceived that the Chartists of bis locality intend to : evince their sens 9 of l . is moral ja , ¦ worth and political goodness , by some uiaik of public approbation on the day of bis rckiise . Tbis is wiell . Such txh ^ bitions do gnat rood , and texve more than one purpose ; lor wbils they show
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tt l" ri ***¦ braved danger , and heroically * W *«» / In the people ' s cause / that his eflbrta and ! wZS . F * llofcfo » fotten , ; thejrialBoteach the enemy the futility of persecution in •> putting down' * opinion s and th&y also serve to Soring .. tbe persecuted persons and principles prominently before tbe public , and gives ths latter an impetus towards general adop « tfpn . t The known spirit | of the « Dewsbury tad » forbids all fiat-But ' . thai this demonstration of respect for suffering integrity [ will be all that the most ardent friend of Mi-. Pewhurst could desire . Our RocaDALB Friends and the Victims Most readily do we give insertion to the following from our Kochuale brethren , and would strongly urge their example as one worthy of being universally
Sii , —On reading your remarks in the Star of Saturday last concerning the Viotim Pond , and the election of a committee pro . tent , to superintend the management of | that fund ; and naving mrused the two letters ln | tha Star of the previous week , from Hoyle » nd Williams , at present confined in Iv . rkdale gaol , as a Caartisfc and * a man I Wash to acknowledge the truth of -the charge against the Chartists generally for negleet of victimised brethren ; yet I feel prond to be able te record that the aaaeciated Chartists of Kochdale ' have rendered considerable assistance to victims not immediately connected with tbeir own town , while the family of the only Chartist victim of Rochdaief has a regular weekly allowance from tne Association , funds , wb . icU teepB them at least from want . Our locality was lone of the thirteen which WilHams ppeaks of as having been applied to
to memorialise the Queen on their behalf ; and the ChartistsJof Rochdale did not merely ' signify thai * Intention ; of complying with ! the request , ' but set about the work immediately , and forwatded a memorial to onr excellent member , Mr . Saarman Crawford ; Onr memorial was on behalf of all political prisoners connected with : the strike of August last . Our kind-hearted female Chartists sent a special messenger with sis shillings to Williams , of Oldham , the same Chartist that found his family in such a deplorable condition on bis release ; and we gave him-rather more , which the poor man came and thanked jus personally for , with manifestations of gratitude : that I fsr one 1 shall not soon forget . This was before the letters of Hoyle and . Williams appeared , ti bave taken tfle liberty of saying this much to induce other localities ; to 'go and do likewise '; nnd let us render what assistance we can to
out victims , as I consider they can never be fully recompensed fox their sufferings . i Jordan Chadwick . ¦ Rochdale , 31 st July , 1843 . The Victim Fund , and thb Victim Fund Committee . 'j—We are happy in having to record that our Manchester friends bave do&e in this matter , just -what the country expected they would do , — their DUTY . They have with alacrity responded to the call made npon them , and appointed a Victim Fund Committee . The following is the aecount we have received of that appointment ;—
At a meeting of tbe Committee of Management for the Carpenter ' s Hall locality , held on Monday evening last , ! the recommendation which has appeared in the Star for two Saturdays past , relative to a General Viotim Fsnd Committee being appointed in Manchester , was taken into consideration ; and after a good deal of discussion , it was agreed— "That we comply with what appears to be the wish of our brethren { in the country . " A committee was then appointed , and a highly respectable gentleman of the name of Tatlovy was chosen Secretary . All communicationsffor the committee to be addressed to Mr . Wm . Tatlow , at Mr . Redfern ' s , hardware dealer , 18 , Swan-street , Manchester . We con assure our Chartist brethren that the
abovenamed Gentleman possesses the entire confidence of the whole of the General Council and the Members of tbis locality , and we have not the least doubt but the Committee will do their duty , strictly and impartially , in' the administration of the funds placed at their disposal . The folio whig resolution was also unanimously agreed to : — " That we . the members of the Manchester Council , are of opinion that none but ; recognised members of the Chartist Association , or their wives and children , are justly entitled to receive any relief from tbe General Victim Fund , established under the auspices of Chartists ; and wa call upon the different localities to express their approbation of , or dissent from , this resolution as early as possible , in order that the
Committee may know bow to act in the appropriation of the funds , Bhould application be made from patties who are not immediately connected with the Chartist agitation , or who were not members prior to their being jjimprisoned . " - Now this is as it should be . The Manchester Chartists have goae to work in a busiaess-like manner . They have appointed a good committee , with a gentleman for Secretary possessing their entire confidence ; and possessing , we understand , good business-habits . They have also started s > point , which ought to be Immediately settled , as a guide in the distribution of the relief to be afforded . The Chartists in their different ; localities will do well therefore to turn their attention to that point , and comply with the
request made . For oar own part we would say , be discriminating . Many do not join the Chartist body , tot ^ tear of tbe certainty b . f starvation through loss of work if they did ; and who yet are good Chartists ] in their hearts ; and would be likely to be the foremost in such affairs as August last saw , they not having the benefit of the counsel and judgement of an associated body to guide them through the strong and almost overwhelming exeiteiiient . Many a one , also , is too poor pay contributions to any society , who would gladly do so , would it not deprive the almost empty platter cf the foodless children of the crumbs scantily scattered , thereon ; and such an one would be likely to jbe " drawn in" into ; the " strike mess , " in the vagua and desperate hope of mending an
awful and unendurable state of things . These are victims ; and we hold them to be as mneh entitled - to our succour and support aa the best man amongst us who has been -so circumstanced as to be able to join the Association openly .: We say , then , that in our opinion , the Committee ought to be left at liberty to discriminate ; to judge of the merits of each case ! presented to their notice ; and to afford relief to ! all who have been' VICTIMISED , as far as they nave tbe means . Chartism is not exclusive , The favours of Chartists ought not to be exclusively conferred . These considerations we press npon the Chartists generally ; and ask them to decide the matter . The Committee , then , is now appointed . They are ready
for work , j The Manchester friends have done so far their duty . A duty , now devolves upon the localities . They must find the Victim Fund COMMITTEE something' to do . They must seek out the coses Seek all out ; ascertain all the facts ; collect all the particulars ; name , occupation , Situation in life , when convicted , ] how long imprisoned , number of family , means of living , and actual condition . Send these to the Manchester Committee . They can then judge of each case ; and , according to the moans they have , afford thenecessaryrelief Now thin isj a duty which must not be neglected . If i t be , &U hitherto done goes almost for nothing . There are many pining , in want , who do pet even know of the existence of either Victim Fund , or
VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE . There are many also who would sooner pine in secret , than make tbeir case known of their own accord . All these must be sought out . To seek them out is the duty of the CUartfsta in each locality . Let thorn , therefore , see to it at once . No time should-be lost Too much has been ( wasted already in forgetfulness . Let the Chartist Council of each locality from which "Victims" have been dragged , appoint an act . re Committee , wh ' o will engage heartily in tbe work and go through , with it . It will be mainly round and about Manchester where these subordinate Committees will be . needed . Of course they will be required in all places where Victims have been , mads , unless the Councils
themselves do the necessary work ; but it is round and about j Manchester where the Large majority of the cases will be found . The Victims were mainly made at the Special Commissions at Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool . York and Stafford contributed no , mean quota ; but Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool bore I sway the palm 1 Abinger was as the latter places 1 In relation to this matter , we have received from Mr Cleave the following letter , which we stall first insect and then offer a few words of explanation : — TO THE CBRTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .- -MT Fkiendb , — -In the Chartist Circular of last week I presented you with a somewhat [ lengthy—but yet , I believe * an interesting—statement of the history , so
to term it ; of the Political Victim Fund from its origin with my nomination as Treasurer by the Birmingham Conference down to the present time . I trust that ( that statement was perfectly satisfactory so far as 1 am individually concerned , however general and just the dissatisfaction which we must frantly acknowledge ought to be induced in the minds of every humane Chartist , at tbe almost criminal disregard which it evidences to have existed of the bitter sufferings so long endured by our << Political Victims . " It is now my jidesire to confer with iypu upon the best means of disbursing , -without further delay , the too trifling fund which you have entrusted to my keeping . It is indeed alike necessary and proper that a correct understanding should exist between you , as the subscribers , and myself , as the Treasurer of the fund in question :- ~ in fact , that our relative duties to each
ether , ana to tho vietints . should be so clearly defined as to preclude the possibility of subsequent cavillings I perceive that the Editor of the Northern Si * r entreats you to establish a " General Victim Fund , " and to entrust the' diahuis&nient of that fund to a committed consisting of , and appointed by , pur friends at Man-Chester . To tha former suggestion I answer that these is no jocc 8 i << n for " e&toSiHshing , '' while there is » necessity ' for upholding a "General Fund . ' The Birmingham CouiVivnce tiid establish sucks , land , but you have not supported it . Your delegates laid the foundation , but you have neglected to rear tbe fabric . To the second part of the proposition ( tbe vesting tbe distribution of tbe funds exclusively in tbe bands of our Manchester friends ) I do certainly demur . Eui previously to advancing my objections to such a proposal , I ; n > u&t assure tbe Manchester 'folk , ' in all sincerity , that I am not influenced by the slightest
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distrust or antipathy to them . I appreciate aa highly us any man can , tbeir undaunted and consistent devotion to our common cauat I can dwell with satisfaction upon their past eflrots , and anticipate with confidence tbeir future exati , bus against tyranny . I cannot , theref re , hesitate 1 In affirming my belief that —if entrusted with the } duty—they would disburse the Victim Fund with the utmost impartiality . With this emphatic disslaimer of any distrust fn the integrity of our ' good friends and true" at Manchester , I will now , very briefly , tell you -why I dissent from their appointment as a " General Victim Fond Committee . " |
1 st Because I am of an opinion that the appointment of a General Committee for the management of a National Fund should emanate from a National Conference , and not from a local body . 2 ndly . Because I cannot but feel that the appointment of snOh Manchester Committee , having an exclusive contronl over the fund , j would virtually set aside my appointment aa Treasurer by tbe last Conference , and would be a tie facto vote of " want of confidence" in myself personally . j The Editor of tbe Star will probably say that he also approves of the appointment of a Ganeral Committee by the forthcoming Conference , but that the immediate wants of tb 9 Victims demand that we should
not defer , even for a few weeks , the distribution of the fond in hand . And ) so say I ; but this does not prove the existence of any necessity for there being a Committee at Manchesle ^ , and a Treasurer in London . Cannot , I ask , tbe Manchester folk , and , in fact , the people of every other district , form their local Committee , seek out the Victims , and then forward to me ( as the duly authorised Treasurer ) the names of those Victims , the terms of their imprisonments , the number , ages , and circumstances of each family , and such other information and suggestions aa may be reqnisite . This course ought to bave been adopted long since , aiid you—the people—are ' to blame it has not been so . Let it now be done , and I will immediately convince you that my only deBire is to have the fund applied to its legitimate purposes . But I do think that I am fairly entitled to some of the pleasure of distributing the fund in return for tbe trouble which it has cost me . I must really
remind you that within the past twelve months upwards of six hundred pounds have passed through my hands by way ot subscriptions for " Defence and Victim " , and other fudds ; but principally for the former . This fact alone must shew these funds to have cost me much time , and no inconsiderable amount of labour—not to mention money frequently expended for paper , postage , and so on . I have
received not hundreds , but thousands of letterseach letter containing a remittance by way of postoffice order . It was necessary that I should sign each of these orders , and piocure payment from the General Post-office . I fheed scarcely tell you that this alone required hundreds of walks—in the course of the year—from my house to St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , and consequently occupied . many , many hours that otherwise would have jbeeu devoted to my own affairs—and "to a man of business time is money . " But this was not all . There was also the
labournot a trifling one—of entering each subscription into B book kept for that purpose—and then copying out the list every week for ] publication in the Northern Star , and in tbe Evsning Star , so long as tbe latter existed . 1 If you bad had a proper , Org&nmtion all tbis would have been the duty of a ] regularly salaried Secretary ; but in the absence of such an officer it has been done by me—or by parties ( employed by me—without receiving , or even desiring , one farthing . Is it not natural , then , that I should demur to a proposition whick would deprive me of the only reward I covet —that of having a voice ( such as I maintain my appointment by the Conference entitles me to have ) in the distribution of a fund which has already required from me the sacrifice of j bo mneh labour and time ? It is said , that with tbe truly benevolent there is as
much pleasure in giving as in receiving . So I anticipated as much delight in disbursing &s in receiving your subscriptions . If , then , the fund Is removed to Mrnchester . j you deprive me at once of this reward , and my pleasure . But , I shall be told , that my personal feelings ought not to interfere with a puilic duty . True , very true , bat cannot both be regarded , without doing , injury to either ? Have we not as good , as faithful , and as zealous friends here , in London , as in tbe provinces ? Have not the people as much jconfidence in such men as Wheeler and Cuffy , and M'Gratb , and O'Connor himself , as in those of Manchester ? I repeat that I esteem highly ths l&tter , but I bave equal respect for the former . Aye , bat then the Manchester Committee could ascertain what victims there
are . Who doubts this ? Is it not their duty to do so ? Cannot they so enquire now , and forward the result of their enquiries ; and tbeir recommendations , to me ? They need only do this to ensure all that can be required . If it j should be then found that I hesitate to perform my duty . I can very speedily be sent " to the right about , " and a more trustworthy treasurer appointed ; but I cannot see why even the appearance ofj confidence should be ¦ withheld from me . I am bold enough to say that not one man can challenge a single instance in my psat conduct with reference to this matter as meriting distrust in the slightest ] degree . When the Conference assembles , I shall be prepared to render them an account of my stewardship , and to abide by whatever decision ithey may come to on
this subject ; but during the brief period that will intervene between then and the present time , I must , in justice to my charge and to aysel ? , desire that all subscriptions—by Whatever party heldfor the Victim Fund be forthwith transmitted to me as the Treasurer of [ that Fund ; and I must also most earnestly impress upon all the . necessity—nay , more , the duty—of forwarding me all the information that can be collected as regards the victims . Let there be no delay ] in supplying me with such means , and such information , and there shall not be any delay in supplying ^ such assistance as the fund will allow . Lot tack of you see io the immediate performance of your own duty , and you shall not bave any opportunity of charging a non-performance f duty upon
Your friend , j and fellow Chartist , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , John " ' leave . XiOndou , August 1 st , 1843 . Now we must beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of purpose to induce' a feeling of " w&nt cf confidence" in Mr . Cleave as Treasurer , or even of casting any , tbe least , slight , upon him . In proposing a Commute at Manchester for the disbursement of the Victrsi Fund . In mailing this suggestion , we but suggested what was done in 1839 40 . Then Mr . O'Connor was treasure ^ to the "VICTIM FUND . " Then was a Victim EUND COMMITTEE appointed Jn almost the same manner as now , and under almost similar circumstances , an | d for similar reasons . To that Committee was accorded the confidence of the
Chartist body , same as now ; j and to that Committee Mr . O'Connor , as treasurer , transmitted the monies in his hands just as they needed them . It was considered no slight then . We could not , in proposing the same machinery over again , intend slight now . What we bad in view was , io get some one to work Cases of gross and indeed criminal neglect were fairly brought home to tbe Chartist door . Men had been allowed to suffer for ELEVEN MONTHS without aJmest a hand being raised to aid them , or a voice to comfort . Their wives and families have had to endure all the horrors of actual starvation , both in the bastile and out , added to the painful pangs of separation , and the regret and shame that their natural protectors were in prison ! When this fact was brought home , our
ears burned on our head for very shame that we had neglected our . duty , tin not rousing ocbers to their duty long since . But there was now no time to lose . Every hour wasted added to the disgrace already heaped upon All . J Considerations of personal etiquetit never entered our bead . We proposed that which seemed most likely to accomplish tha end wanted , —relief of the suffering . We proposed the means we did—because we knew they had worked well and satisfactorily before . I To the objection that a General Committee for the disbursnisnt of a National Fund , should proceed from a National body , &u ( l not from a loco ! one , we fully accord j and bad it as fully in view as Mr . Cleave when we suggested that the Manchester
Comniittoe should be appointed pro . tern . Pro . tern , for what ? For constant sitting ? For a constant disbursement of a National f ' ond ? No such thing . For the immediate relief of the NEGLECTED victims . who were starving when money was in hand subscribed for their relief ; while , as was well put in the resolutions of the Hnadersneld district delegates , " mear . B for the establishment of a Permanent victim Committee could bs devised by the N&tioual Conference , when It assembled . " The manner in which our proposal , for the establishment of this Committee , pro . tern ., has been received by the country at large , makes it , for all purposes , as good as if appointed { by the Conference itself . Nearly every Chartist locality nave vottd their
acquiescence with it ; not one has voted agaiost it . The present and last week ' s Northern Star affords as good an expression of Chartist national opinion on this point aa it ia possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly look upon the appointment cf that Committee , and the duties assigned to it , to be as national as it can be . We care not who has the honour of giving the relief , so that it be given . This point may be easily Be titled between tbe Manchester committee and Mr . Cleave . We advise them to look more to accommodation than to honour . If it will conduce to the furtherance ot business to bave the means of relief on the spot
where they are most needed 5 if it will be better to have them at hand , ' where they can at once be given over to the parties without expense ; if this will bo any benefit , we would advise that the arrangement be made , irrespective of other minor considerations . It may be the best course jto collect all the information , and send it up to London , so that the payment may be made direct in each individual case . Of tbis we will not judge , leaving it to be determined on by the parties uomefi . No doubt thsy will determine on the feast expensive couns ; for tbe fund is but small , and wiii not aiford much for postages . We have before assigned a ; easo « a conclusive one with us , why we 8 ug Stitfcd ; j ; inciw . Her as -. be locale of the Committee : because fr « . si ^ uU urcund Manchester
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tbe main portion of the victims have been dragved ' and becanse there , on tbe spot , are the main <> f the wives and families of ' the victims to be foun who need relief . We allude to this matter again , for fear that h should fee for one moment imagines 'bat vre did not name London from any feeling of ^/ j , ut of confidence , or of " as much confidence" in L ion as Manchester men . No euth idea croaaeu ¦ entered the mind . In the proposal , we had merely the object to be accornplL-hed in view , ami the means how beet to aceoeiplisb , it . We trust out mind is riot so filled with petty little jeafooifes ; with paltry tiespisabte suspicious , as to cauad u ? to look more at one locality than Mother , except for' business arrangement and acco > i ;
modatzon ; or to be " all bristles up" if our own favourites are not Invested in 6 ffiee . TheLom 1 " « men are-as much worthy of confidence as tbe a . IaD ^ bei « ter men . The London men have nobly done tbeif .: uty in this very matter of the victims , as out sheet oi this very week testifies . They furnished relief : o the " conspirators" while in town , to the amount of about £ 12 . They have purchased furniture for George White to the amsiint of about £ 5 ; Asides a weekly allowance averaging about 12 s . Tbey have also given £ 1 to Mr . Railton towards redeeui . r . g his tools , in addition to their support of the General Fiind . They have in this , perhaps , done th * ir duty as we ; i , or even better , than any other locality and fot- » t > hey deaerve all commendation , and have ours most
heartily . But atill it does not follow , that because Manchester 13 named aa the locale of & Couu £ . i « s < i for business accommodation , that therefore " want of confidence in London men" is implied . N . > * ucb , thing ! We must get' over these suspicions >> f one another , and these jealousies as to ivho sbaU be honoured with particular appointments , or we shall never know peace . There is by far too much sensitiveness on these matters between the " London inon " and their country brethi en . The fact is eo ; a ^ d It is to be deplored that it is so . " London men' have their peculiarites ; and so have the " country man "; and . until each learn to know one another , vud to bear and forbear with each other , suspicion and jealousy and ill-feeling is sure to be eneenden U and
manifested . Let us all try to harmonize , and . " at to drive asBUader . Leaving , then , the question as to who shall send -. - five the monies into the hands of the needy to bo fitted hereafter , let us again urge upon the counw > at large to see that means ef relief are aff > rd ~' ., and that tbey are instantly applied . Isaac HOYLk has had no relief yet J Isaac Hoyles family have bad no relief yet . He has been in prison nearly twelve months ! So has James Williams , William Booth , and Thomas Ogden ; and they are cl . similarly circumstanced . Is it not time Chartists Weie at wor& ? Then there Is Cooper and his wife . Tt reia Ricfeards ; and God knows how many , to be ferreted out of their obscurity , and their wants
attended te . Remember tbe charge of Hoyle and Williams against you . They charge , you with having showered your favours upon some fuw wellkaown characters , and left others to die , ne ^ l sted . Remove this stain . Provide tUe means of relwf for all . Let nil share your bounty , as fur as you can . Treat all alike ; and if one has to go short , be cannot upbraid yon with selection and favour in the disbursements of your gifts ; for in that case all wonUl be short alike . - To our own appeal let us add that of a well-known friend , as follows : — For . I was hungered , and ye gave me meat : I was Ihirsly , andye gave me drink : I teas a stranger , and ye took me in :
Naked , and ye clothed file : I was sick and pe visited vie : I was in PRISON and ye came to me . Brother Chartists , —Permit me to ask , how is it we have been bo forgetful , as to overlook su important , so imperative , a duty as that of providing for tie famines of onr persecuted brethren ? Shall . we attempt to palliate our neglect by any little evasion or excuse , or , like Mr . Harney , honestly and at once plead guilty to the charge ? Remrmber this is not the time for excuses . Away with them ! there should bo no such word in your vocabulary ! Guilty is the term : and reparation should l < e the penalty for your apathy and neglect . Ate you really Chartists' Are you men who si eerely ¦ wish to obtain what you profess to seek ; o pull
down the stronghold of oppression and es : » : 4 isa upon its ruins the immaculate throne of justice and truth ? Are you philanthropists , or are you Christians ? Then prove yourselves worthy your higb pretensions . Do not let a Chartist who has struggled ¦ with you , and who is suffering for bis advocacy of , and fidelity to your principles , pike neqli .. cted in prison ; or the -partner of hia aorrowh , thewife of his bosom , tbe children of bis love , perish while ! you can , nay , ought to protect ! It is a mockery to cry out against oppression if yon . permit your victims to suffer tho oppression of tbeir enemies , and ot tlie same time oppress them with the weight of your real or apparent ingratitude . It is folly to say you are lovets of
bnmanity unless you take effectual steps to mieve the sufferers . Irttms give the vroild & convincing proof of practical Christianity by adopting the moral virtue of the "text" with which I bave headed this appeal . Let us do this , and still we shall only have done our duty . Our political brethren in tiistresu ought to be as dear as our natural relatives ; for , let me ask , why do our friends suffer ? Is it not for seeking our redemption from tyranny and mU . ule ? Surely , as men , you will not close your ears against the " DtT ^ fGBOKS voice , " or listen with , indiffeaence to tbe cries of tyrant-Made orphans for bread ! Will you , who are fathers , hesitate to jsin in eo holy a woxk , when you reflect tbat your
" prisoners" have also children whom tbey love , but cf whom oppression has bereft them ? Ah , no ! When you are anxious to supply . the wants of your own children , remember the little " victims , " who , although innocent as angels , are compelled to share the punishment irflicted on their parents . ' !! Will Chartist mothers , and females refuse their aid when they call to mind the " garret" and the " bed of shavings , " and picture to themselves , tbe vast amount of bodily and mental suffering which mnst in tbis case have existed ? No , no , it cannot be t Forbid it heaven ! There is , I urn persuaded , llttla fear that appeals of tbis kind will be made in vain , or that the •• victims" of [ oppression—the martyrs to our
cause—shall still suffer at our bands . Stir yourselves then , and give proof cf your zeal ! Let every locality , both female and mole , do tbeir duty . You can easily , by your united efforts , though ever so humble your " mites , " place those unfortcuatts beyond the reach of starvation and premature death . Let every man and woman who is a Chartist immediately ( and I beg leave to request they will not neglect it ) , pay into the Victim Fund of their , several localities at least one penny as a ' first instalment ; and admitting that only twenty thousand , which is only a amall number of our strength , would do so , there would be at the expiration of one short week the veiy handsome sum of £ 83 6 < 8 d .
available for present use ; this sum , with the £ 30 in Mr . Cleava ' s hands , and £ G 14 s . 2 d . in the Star office , would make £ 120 " 0 a . lOd . l and who amongst you , even the poorest , would feel the loss of a PENNT upon such an occasion ? I implore of yoa to take this qnestion into immediate consideration . ' It is one which justice , honour , virtue , demands you should look to ! And , above all , it is by such generous support of your suffering friends you will and c \ H only obtain your darling object ; , the Charter . Chartism is now suffering , and militant ; and why should you not make it triumphant ? W . H . Clifton .
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The 1 ? . 6 d . from London , and noticed aa for the Defence Fund in the Star of July 8 th , was for Mrs . Richards . D . Haerowbe . —Four shillings and fonrpenee . VICTIM FOND , £ s . d-A Friend , White Lee Side . 0 2 6 From a Friend , Knaresbro' , per J . Dooker , 0 0 4 From the Chartists of Mbrley - - - - 0 6 6 FOR THE DEFEKCE BCSD . Dawgreen , near Huddersfield , collected by David Gledhfll - - - 0 . 4 O
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Disgraceful ITraqe of Patjpehs , —On Wednesday last a poor woman who has been living at Shin-
ley appeared - oetore tne wakeneid board of Guardians for relief vrhen the overseer of Stanley said that the woman and her children had been removed to the parish to which she belonged ( Hudderfield ) , and that on . her arrival there the RuddersBeld reljevjng-officer had placed her and her children in a cabin , in which there was only a Btraw mattrass and no furniture , along with a man , and she was told that he must remain there , or if she was dissatisfied she must ro back to Stanley , whither Bbe returned . The woman was questioned by the board , and she
saw , weeping , that Buch had been the case . Appleyard , the overseer , was directed to take the woman before the Huddersfieid guardianB . Mr . Craven said , that at the last Pontefract sessions a similar case came before the grand jury , of which he was one . It wast then stated in evidence that the relieving officer of Huddersfield had actually given a female pauper a ticket for lodgifegs in a common brothel 1 and also that the relieving officer was in the habit of paying the lodging account at brothels for tho pan * pers seat there 1 Comment on euch a case as this is out of tho question . We could not have believed that each a monster wa ^ in existence . Will any father support a law which gives to encE-inhuman brutes-as % his maa such power h—Wdketield , Journal .
Accident . —A few day ? since a dreadful accident happened in the family of Mr , Durrant , of Mayfield , ikiv Bristol , from the incautious uec of fire-arms . It appears that a son of . Mr . Durrani ' s was in tho uuit-garden , attached to the house , shooting small birds , and his sister , a fine young woman , about eighteen years of age , was walkiag unperceived in . th « grounds , when her brother levelled the * gun to shoot a sparrow , and the unfortunate youug lady , who was hid by tho hedge , received ihe whole of the charge in h ? r face . Sho was carried hkeding into tho hou-t-s when ia addition to other injuries it was discovered that her right eye was nearly destroyed .
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